Real Beauty?

[Rae Rae]

Link works, but when I click to Replay, a dove message comes up and nothing else

[Alliec1]

Ah yes..photoshopping. I'm quite familiar with this. My friend models and I've airbrushed some pictures for her. It is alarmingly easy, as well.

[Alliec1]

Felt like proving how easy it is:

45 minutes to make this:

Original picture- me without makeup, with HORRID lighting looking just plain ICKY. Yikes! It even scares me!

http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/1631/beforenp1.jpg

After photoshopping magic-

http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/6843/afterbt3.jpg

And this isn't even the extreme stuff....all I did here was color corrections and some airbrushing, no changing of bone structure or stuff like that that's all too common in the industry.

[_katie]

Originally Posted by Tophersmom

My girlfriend's daughter is 11 and already worried about weight and beauty and continuously says "i'm fat" or "I'm not pretty" My 17 year old daughter tries to talk to her all the time about loving herself, etc., but it's so scary.

I'm so proud of my daughter who has always loved herself for who she is...when she's sitting quietly talking to the 11 year old about 'truly' loving herself, well, that's when I've been the proudest I've ever been as a mom.

Many girls growing up today don't know what it really means to love themselves...they equate how they look to their self esteem and it's so sad.

Excellent video..thanks for sharing!

i also think that has alot to do with her being a dancer..

i've always been quite confident in myself.. its hard.. i'm almost 6 feet tall and something like 175 pounds.. (obviously not the 'petit model' type)
but i like my body.. i have curves !

when i see her talk about how shes fat it really makes me disgusted at how the world can make it acceptable for an 11 year old, who still hasnt grown out of their 'baby fat' stage, to think that they are huge and ugly... when i was 11 i dont remember even once thinking about my appearance!

[My Girl Gracie]

wow!!!